Inmates sent to help fight wildfires are back behind bars in Idaho after one inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a base camp in Utah, authorities said Tuesday.
The Idaho Department of Correction is reviewing the way they select, train and deploy those inmates, spokesman Jeff Ray said.
Most Western states have similar programs that allow low-level offenders to be temporarily released to help fight wildfires. In California, hundreds of minimum-security inmates fought on the front lines of the state's largest-ever blaze this year.
Idaho inmate Ruben Hernandez, 27, was charged with felony rape in Utah after a woman reported that he assaulted her Aug. 29 when she rejected his advances in the remote area about 80 miles (129 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.
He was part of a 10-person crew who did janitorial and cooking duties at base camp, supervised by two Idaho correctional officers.